[RESOLVED] AS3 - Trigger Multiple Movieclips, Return its corresponding value/name

[angelhdz]

Hi buddies

Any AS3 programer can show me the way of making this possible in AS3?

Trigger multiple movieclips:

var Amount:Number = 5; 

for (i = 0; i < Amount; i++) 
{ 
adder = i + 1;  

this["mc" + adder].Num = i; 
this["mc" + adder]._x = i * (this["mc" + adder]._width + 2); 
this["mc" + adder]._y = 200; 

this["mc" + adder].onPress = function() 
{ 
trace(this.Num); 

} 
} 

I posted in the AS3 forum but no answers :P

I tried

var Num:Number;
var Amount:Number = 5;
var mc:mclip;

for (var i:Number = 0; i < Amount; i++)
{
var adder:Number = i + 1;
mc = new mclip();
addChild(mc);

mc.name = "mc"+ adder;
mc.x = i * (mc.width + 2);
mc.y = 200;
mc.Num = adder;
mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Press);
function Press (e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace(this.Num);

}


}

But sniff sniff...it create the movieclips, but don't return its corresponding value... all the movieclips return "5" , the last "i" number of the for loop ... i read something abut "target" and getChildByName or getChildIndex but my eBooks don't want to talk to me they are angry at me hahaha!


Thanks

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

I assume you have 5 clips on the stage named mc1, mc2, mc3, mc4, mc5

You can not change the name of a time line placed clip by the way.

so mc.name = "mc"+ adder; would have thrown errors to see to start with.

Maybe this will help you along

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;

var Num:Number;
var Amount:Number = 5;

var ClipArray:Array = [mc1,mc2,mc3,mc4,mc5];

for (var i:Number = 0; i < Amount; i++)
{
    var Mc:MovieClip = ClipArray[i];
    Mc.Num = i + 1;
    Mc.x = i * (ClipArray[i].width + 2);
    Mc.y = 200;
    Mc.buttonMode = true;
    Mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Press);
}
function Press(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
    trace("Num = " + event.currentTarget.Num + ". Name = " + event.currentTarget.name);
    //addChild(mc);
} 

[angelhdz]

Ok thanks.... i was about to say your code will not work , but then I realized I can make a for loop to push all the "mc" names into the array (mc1, mc2...mc40, mc50....etc) I already found (on saturday) the way of returning the movieclip pressed value, with the currentTarget, getChildAt and target methods. That was the detail i was missing. Thanks fruitbeard!!!!